Long-term ovariectomy modulates the antidepressant-like action of estrogens, but not of antidepressants

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1365-1377

  Estrada Camarena, Erika ^a   López Rubalcava, Carolina ^b   Hernández Aragón, Azucena ^a,c   Mejía Mauries, Silvia ^a   Picazo, Ofir ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

17 ethynyl estradiol; 17 estradiol; antidepressant like effect; desipramine; fluoxetine; forced swimming test; long term ovariectomy

Indexed keywords

DESIPRAMINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FLUOXETINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIESTRUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IMMOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION; UTERUS WEIGHT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; DESIPRAMINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SWIMMING;

EID: 79959985227     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881111408456     Document Type: Article

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